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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Advanced Bionics Ag, Staefa, CH;
Inventors:
Jeryle L. Walter, Valencia, CA (US);
James George Elcoate Smith, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Uli Gommel, Valencia, CA (US);
Matthew Vadim Krywcun, Saugus, CA (US);
Sarah Elizabeth Clabeaux, Ventura, CA (US);
Nicholas Anthony Wise, Pasadena, CA (US);
Sung Jin Lee, Valencia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/37229 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cochlear including a housing, an antenna, a stimulation processor operably connected to the antenna, and an electrode array, operably connected to the stimulation processor, including a flexible body defining a longitudinal axis, a proximal region and a distal region, a plurality of electrically conductive contacts on the flexible body, and at least one stiffener within the flexible body.